ligulate, slightly bent from about the middle, lower ones 
not half so broad, linearly ligulate. Filaments 10, con- 
nected at the base, every other one bearing anthers, points 
of the sterile ones curved inwards. Style pale red, very 
hairy. Stigmas 5, red, reflexed. 
This grand flowering plant is a hybrid production, and 
was raised at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, in 1823, from a 
seed of H. melanantha, that had been fertilized by the 
pollen of P. ardens. It is a very free growing plant, and 
begins flowering early in April, and, if well managed, will 
continue to bloom till late in Autumn ; the habit of the 
plant is as near as possible intermediate between its two 
parents, but it far surpasses them both in beauty. It suc- 
ceeds well in a mixture of light turfy loam, peat, and sand, 
the same as recommended for the other tuberous rooted 
species ; but this does not require to be kept long without 
water, as many of the others do, as it continues but a very 
short time in a dormant state, but is growing nearly all 
the year. The best method of increasing it, is by the 
little tubers from the root. 
